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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14536
13 Actual Demand 11191
14 Aggregate Planning 12141
15 Air Cargo 10054
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34840
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15323
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19200
20 Assembly Line 22329
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22948
22 Average Speed of Answer 26548
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23087
24 Batch Production 38318
25 Bill Discounting 14502
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11198
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7128
28 Blanket Release 9990
29 Bonded Warehouse 10048
30 Booking Number 13754
31 Bottleneck 9492
32 Buffer Stock 59171
33 Build to Stock 12931
34 Bullwhip Effect 9581
35 Business Logistics 25624
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12551
37 Capacity Management 40423
38 Capacity Utilization 14080
39 Capital Intensive 8387
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8711
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12107
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8913
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12473
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6850
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19743
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19467
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12058
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11397
56 Control Charts 7949
57 Cost Flow 10252
58 Courier Service 15208
59 CPFR 8200
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44096
62 Date Code 18190
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9234
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8085
67 Detective Control 8891
68 Devanning 14196
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10864
70 Dispatching 24460
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34679
73 Distribution Metrics 9090
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52631
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22289
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20582
80 Echelon Inventory 26177
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38240
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49656
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7599
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31709
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16412
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13466
91 Exponential smoothing 9814
92 External Growth 10054
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9427
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10390
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14585
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26990
99 Flow Through Distribution 12292
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8159
101 FOB Destination 13004
102 Forward buying 30065
103 Freight Charge 10326
104 Freight Consolidation 7512
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11713
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29557
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12662
109 Hub 23395
110 Idle Time 8055
 
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